Search Results: Authors starting with P from Loe Books

Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. 225 pages; b/w illustrations and photographs. Original dust jacket fine, not price clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A fine copy, virtually as new..

Iowa: The State of Iowa, 1943. Book. Fine. Paperback. First. 8vo. "Also report of the convention of the Iowa Beekeepers' Association of Ames" 72 pages. Covers fine with minimal wear only. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy, clean and bright..

Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1917. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. Four out of the five volumes that make up the complete etchings of Frank W. Benson including the very rare vol. 1 - the four volumes are vols. 1, 3, 4 & 5. All volumes are complete with the original Benson frontispiece etchings, vols. 1, 3 & 4 signed by Benson. Details as follows. Vol. One 1917, no. 48 of an edition of 275 (of which 255 for sale), with original dust jacket but this fair only with some chipping to the head/tail of the spine and some loss to the rear top corner, tears stabilised to the underside with archival tape. Vol. Three 1923, no. 455 of an edition of 525 (of which 475 for sale), with very good original dust jacket, slightly chipped to the head of the spine. Vol. Four 1929, no. 133 of an edition of 600 (of which 550 for sale), no dust jacket, spine a little rubbed and worn, hessian covering slightly chipped at the head/tail. Vol. Five 1959, no. 243 of an edition… Read More

London: Oliphants Ltd Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Fourth Edition. 12mo. nd, 92 pp, presentation plate on front paste-down-paper, black titling to spine of book, dj in very good condition with some edgewear, now protected in an archival sleeve. A very good copy of these spiritual letters written by Rev. Pagan while terminally ill - a servant of god..

London: Collins, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 430, with 21 colour photographs and over 160 photographs and diagrams in black and white. Dust jacket near fine, some fading to the spine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

London: Collins, 1988. Book. Near Fine. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 430, with 21 colour photographs and over 160 photographs and diagrams in black and white. Original card wrappers very good with minimal wear, no fading, spine not creased. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, small posthumous bookplate from the library of John Mitchell tipped onto the front pastedown, paper crisp. A near fine copy of the paperback edition. Scarce. [Mitchell, author, ornithologist and naturalist was an authority on Loch Lomonside - he wrote New Naturalist No. 88 Loch Lomondside.].

London: Collins, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 430, with 21 colour photographs and over 160 photographs and diagrams in black and white. Dust jacket near fine, minimal fading to the spine, not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket..

London: Collins, 1988. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 430, with 21 colour photographs and over 160 photographs and diagrams in black and white. Dust jacket good, the spine is faded not price-clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, some dust soiling to the top edge and a few spots to the fore-edges. A good copy in a good dust jacket..

London: Collins, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. 430, with 21 colour photographs and over 160 photographs and diagrams in black and white. Dust jacket fine, not price-clipped, hint of fading to orange band on the spine if compared with the front panel, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Green buckram boards fine. Contents clean and tight, no marks, pages crisp. A fine copy of this elusive title in a fine dust jacket..

Wolverhampton: Thomas Telford Lodge, 1972. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Hardback bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering to the front board and the name W. Bro Arthur Norman Baggott, and presumably his copy. Very good with a little general wear. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Fascinating ephemera..

London: Archibald Constable and Company Limited, 1908. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (large A4). Pp. xxi; 379; original etched frontispiece plate of Steel Works Bilston, folding colour maps, further b/w plates and in-text illustrations. Publisher's red cloth with gilt armorial crest to the front board and gilt lettering and decoration to the spine; top edge of pages gilt. Very good, with a little light general wear. Contents clean and tight, previous owner's name to the front end paper. A very good copy of volume one. [Issued to subscribers only].

London: Archibald Constable and Company Limited, 1907. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to (large A4). Pp. xxiii; 523; original etched frontispiece plate of York Minster, five folding colour maps, further b/w plates and in-text illustrations. Publisher's red cloth with gilt armorial crest to the front board and gilt lettering and decoration to the spine; top edge of pages gilt. Near fine, bright and fresh having been protected in plain paper dust jacket, minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good to fine copy of volume one..

London: Macmillan, 1910. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo. pp. 157. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, in very good condition, bright and fresh with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

London [and] Derby: George Bell & Sons [and] E. Clulow, 1889. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 15 x 23cm. 156 pages; hand-coloured folding map of Derbshire, original brown-coated end-papers. Publisher's olive green cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, very good and bright with slight where only. Contents clean and tight, several light and inconspicuous markings of the National Library of Scotland, to the front end paper, a few discreet pencil ticks to the text, otherwise unmarked, pages clean and crisp. A very good copy..

Leeds: Chorley and Pickersgill, 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 14 x 23cm. A copy with excellent provenance: with the neat signature of C. E. Salmon, Reigate, 1902 to the head of the title page [Salmon was a noted botanist and author of 'Flora of Surrey']. To the reverse of the title page are a couple of biographical notes regarding Painter in the neat hand of C. E. Salmon. "Reprinted from the Naturalist, 1899 and 1902"; pp. [4], 177-272, 5-12, iv. Original green cloth hardback binding, very good with minimal wear . Contents clean and tight, original black end papers. A very good crisp copy..

London: Pairpoint Brothers, 1908. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 12mo. 61 pages, b/w illustrations. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering, very good with a little general wear and rubbing, spine slightly faded. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. 4to. In association with R.B. Drummond, edited by Dr E. J. Moll; Photography by Paul and Meg Coates Palgrave, Tree drawings by Terry Duggan. 959 pages inc. index. Pictorial covers in removable plastic sleeve as issued. Silk marker. Colour plates. Binding very good with light general wear only. Contents clean and tight. A very good copy. Please note a heavy book and a small postal surcharge may apply..

London: John W. Parker, 1844. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. 12mo. pp. 256. Handsomely bound in contemporary red polished calf with burgundy spine label (slightly chipped), gilt decoration and lettering, marbled edges and end-papers to match, gilt dentelles to edges and inside edges. Slight rubbing to binding with gilt slightly worn, spine a little faded, label . Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, prize plate of Fauconberge School, Beccles to front pastedown dated 1849. A very good handsome copy..

London: Jonathan Thompson, J.B. And J. G. Nichols, 1845. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xvi 520 [76] appendix; colour fold out map, 3 further plates. Bound in full leather with gilt decoration to the spine, some wear [please see image] this has been sensitivly and professionally rebacked. Binding firm. Contents clean and tight, new but appreopriate endpapers, fold out map undamaged, the text block is firm and shows little handling wear, no inscriptions, no foxing beyond the title page, . A very good copy..

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1895. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. Pp. xviii, 328; b/w portrait frontispiece of Joseph Wolf aged 72, 53 further black and white plates (all present and correct); int-text illustrations.. Original blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, good with some general wear, slightly marked. Contents clean and tight, end papers clean, spotting to the first few pages and occasional spotting within the text pages, plates clean. A good copy..